The comedian and co-host of The One Show was performing at the Cambridge Corn Exchange last night, hours after the Sun exposed his sleazy messages to a female fan via the social networking portal.He is reported by the newspaper to have told the audience: 'I'm going home now. There will be fireworks at my house.'
Manford is said to have owned up to sending inappropriate comments to Debra McNamee, who he met on the website, and has faced a dressing down from BBC bosses as a result.
An insider is quoted as stating: 'The One Show is a family show. We can't have this sort of smutty behaviour.'
Father-of-two Manford befriended Ms McNamee and reportedly exchanged pictures with her as wife Catherine prepares to give birth to their third child.
However, his fans in Cambridge appeared to be in a forgiving mood, as they applauded him during his performance.
The Manchester-born funnyman had started by telling them he had endured a bad day, before adding: 'I was thinking of not turning up, but you're all Guardian readers so you wouldn't know anyway.'
metro.co.uk
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